Re: [liberationtech] “Hysteria is starting to spread”: Puerto Rico is devastated in the wake of Hurricane Maria
l Weather Services Doppler weather radar station on the > island has been destroyed. That’s the radar that helps meteorologist see > where thunderstorms and other weather systems are moving in real time. “Not > having radar does make future storms more hazardous,” says Jeff Weber, a > meteorologist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research. > > Meanwhile, new crises keep forming in the wake of the storm. On Friday, > the National Weather Service issued a dire warning about the Guajataca Dam > in the Northwestern corner of Puerto Rico, threatening downstream areas > with deadly floods. Seventy thousand people — enough to fill a small city — > have been asked to evacuate areas that could be flooded by the nearly 11 > billion gallons of water the dam holds back. > > And leaving is not an option, at least for now. “Travelers at the airport > on Sunday were told that passengers who do not already have tickets may not > be able to secure flights out until October 4,” Reuters reports. > > Puerto Rico is an island, which complicates recovery efforts. Supplies > have to be flown in or arrive via ship. Most of the sick and elderly > haven’t been able to evacuate. > > [...] > > https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/energy-and-environment/ > 2017/9/25/16360488/hurricane-maria-2017-puerto-rico- > recovery-san-juan-hospitals-electricty-cell-service > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/ > mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change > password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu. > -- -- Lina Srivastava -- twitter <http://twitter.com/lksriv> | linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lina.srivastava> | instagram <http://instagram.com/lksriv/> www.cielab.in -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Looking for journalists...
Can this be shared on other forums / FB groups, etc.? If so, what is the contact email for journalists to get in touch? On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Yosem Companys <ycompa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a friend named Bryan Stinchfield (cc'ed), who is a professor at > Franklin and Marshall College. He is looking to publish an OpEd on a paper > he recently wrote. > > Bryan just published an interesting paper on how private equity firms have > become one of the biggest investors in US military contractors like > Blackwater, which supplies "mercenaries" to the US military. > > Bryan is a former pilot of the United States Army and a former > counter-terrorism officer. > > If you are a journalist or know of any journalist who is interested in > writing a story about Bryan's research, please let me know. > > Also, any advice on getting Bryan's OpEd published would be greatly > appreciated. OpEd draft is available upon request. > > The abstract of Bryan's paper is included below. > > Thanks, > Yosem > > * > > Since the end of the Cold War, the portion of private military contractors > (PMCs) comprising the U.S. Armed Forces has been on the rise to where now > half of the U.S. presence in Iraq and Afghanistan is contracted out to the > private sector. At the same time, the number of private equity (PE) firms > and the amount of assets they have under management have skyrocketed. > These trends have converged in such a way where now PE firms have acquired, > repackaged, and sold the most famous American PMCs, such as the company > formerly known as Blackwater. In other words, much of the United States' > national security is now in the hands of PE firms who are in the business > of holding companies for only three to five years. Clearly, the goals of > nations and the goals of PE firms are not always congruent, which creates > important implications for the promotion of global security. > > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/ > mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change > password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. > -- -- Lina Srivastava -- twitter <http://twitter.com/lksriv> | linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lina.srivastava> | instagram <http://instagram.com/lksriv/> www.cielab.in -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Thank You
Thank you, Yosem! Appreciate your work. On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Yosem Companys <ycompa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear List Subscribers, > > As of today, I have ceased to be a moderator of all Stanford > Liberationtech lists. > > I feel like Superman when he loses his powers, except I hope the ending is > more like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUORL-bvwA0. > > Just kidding. :) > > On a more serious note, I want to thank all of you for a wonderful 9 years > of discussions about Liberationtech issues. > > I also want to thank you all for the arguing and jousting and name calling > and... No, seriously, you were all great. I rarely had to step in to > moderate. > > Although I know some disagreed with my moderation style of letting every > message through and only permanently moderating those who were extremely > disruptive, I feel proud that the list always tried to ensure unfettered > freedom of expression. > > We now have approximately 4K members from around the world working to make > the world a better place. > > I am not leaving, so this is not goodbye. It's more like, "see you later." > I'll now be a regular member and as such be able to participate much more > freely in discussions than I was able to do when I was a moderator. > > Take care, everyone, and keep up the good fight to protect pro-democracy > activists fighting against authoritarian regimes. > > Best, > Yosem > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/ > mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change > password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. > -- -- Lina Srivastava -- twitter <http://twitter.com/lksriv> | linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lina.srivastava> | instagram <http://instagram.com/lksriv/> www.cielab.in -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Mobile App for ICE Checkpoints?
This discussion is something that really should be vetted privately with immigration groups working on this. There is a lot of fear stoking migrants' anxieties right now, and misinformation swirling about what's happening. I suggest connecting with United We Dream, Make the Road NY, or DRUM, for example, before going too far down the road with thoughts of design or development. On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Yosem Companys <ycompa...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Nithin Coca <privateemail2...@progressiveexchange.org> > > This is one case where we should look abroad for examples, as these types > of situations are not abnormal globally. > > I know that in Iran, there is a tool that is used for avoiding morality > police - something that should be easily adaptable to this case (and I > believe is open source) > > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gerd.app.gershad > > https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2016/02/gershad-app/ > > From: Craig A. Bowman <privateemail253...@progressiveexchange.org >> >> A few of us are also talking about using the ushahidi ( >> https://www.ushahidi.com) platform to do this. In conversations with >> them now about how it might work best. >> >> 11, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Ms. Andrea Morales >> < >> privateemail248...@progressiveexchange.org<mailto:privateema >> il248...@progressiveexchange.org>> wrote: >> > One easy way >> of doing this would be to use Waze and add "police" check >> > points >> but add "ICE" in the description of the checkpoint itself. >> > >> > > On >> Feb 11, 2017, at 9:11 AM, Mr. Dan Sisken <privateemail191125@progressiv >> eexchange.org> wrote: >> > > >> > > An idea based on this week's >> news about increasingly aggressive ICE >> > actions targeting immigrant >> communities. >> > > >> > > Does anyone know of any examples of a mobile, >> crowd-sourced app that >> > could be used to pinpoint ICE checkpoints. >> Such an app could be used to >> > avoid ICE and for spontaneous >> demonstrations. >> > > >> > > I don't have any connection to activists; >> just putting the idea out >> > there. >> > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/ > mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change > password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. > -- -- Lina Srivastava -- twitter <http://twitter.com/lksriv> | linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lina.srivastava> | instagram <http://instagram.com/lksriv/> www.cielab.in -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Project to support volunteer lawyers at airports
May I forward this note to a group of designers? It's a closed list, but mixed politically and geographically. Let me know. On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 5:34 PM, Yosem Companys <compa...@tmp.ucsb.edu> wrote: > From: Erek Dyskant <e...@dyskant.net> > > Hey Team: > > I'm working with Dulles Justice, a group of volunteer lawyer > supporting travelers who are effected by the EO. We have volunteer > lawyers available onsite at Dulles Airport and additional backline > support. > > I'm working on the web development team for the soon-to-be launched > website. One of the areas we run into is referring people to other > similar programs that have popped up at other airports. We've got a > data file with the location and contact info here. > > Is there someone here who'd be able to design and develop us a > visually appealing map and search function? Something along the lines > of a map with markers for where each volunteers are, and a > corresponding table with search so that people can easily find a > specific location if they know it by name rather than location. It > should serve the dual goals of communicating that this is a truly > global movement with lawyers coming together from everywhere, and as a > usable tool for people seeking help. > > We don't have any platform preference. Whatever works and gets the job > done. > > Shoot me a note if you're interested with a couple links on projects > you've worked on, and I'll get you connected with the right folks on > the web team. > > Thanks! > Erek > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/ > mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change > password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. > -- -- Lina Srivastava -- twitter <http://twitter.com/lksriv> | linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lina.srivastava> | instagram <http://instagram.com/lksriv/> www.cielab.in -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] Circle of 6 Safety App
Hi all, I'm on the Board for Tech 4 Good. Nancy Schwartzman, the Founder, just sent me this and I thought you all would be interested. Hi brilliant friends, Can you please share ideas/contacts -- seeking civic minded engineers, bridge builders and folks interested in using Circle of 6 and adopting it for their needs. Takes people, networks and support. Thanks! xx Circle of 6 <http://www.circleof6app.com/> is a free safety tool and is here for you right now. We need your help to make it more secure and adaptable to your communities’ needs. The app was designed for iOS and Android to support women/girls and queer folks to quickly connect with their communities of choice, and access resources for violence against women and science-based sexual health. The app doesn't link you with the police or governmental bodies, and never will. Here’s where you come in. We need to rapidly build a version of the app that includes end to end encryption to secure the safety of our users. We need to build a “white label” version of the app so that anyone can adapt it to their needs, for: immigrant communities, those targeted by hate crimes, Black Lives Matter, etc. We are very close to open sourcing the code (first need a code audit and documentation) but open sourcing is only useful if there's a dedicated community around it. Circle of 6 was born from a White House initiative with Vice President Biden and and Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra. They nurtured a community of engineering talent that will now disperse. Soon we will have an administration that actively hates people of color, women, immigrants, Muslims, AND SCIENCE. We desperately need to fill the gap. The profit-driven $$tart-up mythology has left a gaping hole in our country when it comes to a robust, inclusive, geographically rich activist tech community. Now more than ever we need technologists and engineers who will donate their talents to civic problems and help us build and sustain tools for communities. We need funders who will fund software sprints, community convenings and the unsexy 3+ year life span and sustainability plan an app or platform requires. The time is now to come together, share talents and build. Calling iOS and Android coders, Encryption experts, sprint facilitators, funders, UI and experience designers, graphic designers, testers, activists and organizers -- we need you and your networks. Please share widely, and if you’d like to help us, contact me, Nancy Schwartzman: circleof6...@gmail.com -- -- Lina Srivastava -- twitter <http://twitter.com/lksriv> | linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lina.srivastava> | instagram <http://instagram.com/lksriv/> www.linasrivastava.com www.regardinghumanity.org www.whoisdayanicristal.com -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Tackling Corruption in Africa.
Hi, Take a look through here: http://ict4democracy.org/ Lina On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 3:19 AM, Zacharia Gichiriri < zacharia.gichir...@strathmore.edu> wrote: > Greetings, > > Are there any current or past ICT projects aimed at tackling corruption in > Africa? How effective have they been? > What are some of the challenges facing or that faced such initiatives? > > Best, > Zack. > > *Note: *All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to > Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here > <http://www.strathmore.edu/en/email-policy> to read the policy. > > "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page > and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account". > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/ > mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change > password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. > -- -- Lina Srivastava -- twitter <http://twitter.com/lksriv> | linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lina.srivastava> | instagram <http://instagram.com/lksriv/> www.linasrivastava.com www.regardinghumanity.org www.whoisdayanicristal.com -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Need some advice re: online secure communications platform for a survivors group
Hello all-- Thank you all for your advice. I appreciate it. (For those of you who wrote off-list, I will write separately.) Just a quick note that I believe the group will include survivors who are currently dealing with criminal cases or civil litigation. There is also the possibility of students currently enrolled in high schools joining the group (some of whom may be underage -- they have counselors, etc., and legal counsel who are addressing this). So it's crucial that email addresses and content be private. I understand the usability argument of a data service company, but I do believe any service that is mining for data should be avoided if possible. Still, I'll present all the suggestions to them. Thank you again. If there are any other thoughts, please let me know, but in the meantime I will put your recommendations together in a document for the group administrators and let them review. Best regards, Lina On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net > wrote: > That may be - though some of the PGP solutions are pretty close to > one-click install these days. The old Napster never seemed to phase > anybody. Maybe, whomever is organizing the group needs to spend a little > time picking a system and writing up a how-to-install checklist. > > The reality is that anything that's not encrypted tends to get indexed by > google - so, if privacy is a concern (as the OP indicated), then any > standard email list, probably including a google group, is problematic - at > the very least one has to pay very close attention to configuration, and > better to not have an archive (hard to do with google groups). > > At the very least, go with a service that has registration and strong > privacy guarantees, or maybe set up a Wordpress or Drupal instance, with > access limited to registered users. Point and click on wordpress.com or > godaddy. > > Miles Fidelman > > On 7/11/16 11:26 AM, Steve Weis wrote: > > Hello Miles. I think your suggestions are not practical for an ad hoc > group of sexual assault survivors. You're talking about them using PGP, > downloading open source clients, or using untested blockchain systems. I > think for a random group of people, all of these will fail in practice due > to poor usability and platform incompatibility. I think there is little > benefit to using a P2P system in this case. > > Their threat model is against their abusers and potentially media, > bloggers, or trolls who pick up on the story. It's not against hosted > services like Google or the NSA. > > You want something dead simple that works on every platform and managed by > an organization with their own security team. I suggested Google Apps > because it's battle-tested, easy, and in this use case, free. Yes, Google > would see this survivors' group data. They also see a enterprise data -- > even from competitors -- that is much more valuable and targeted. > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 5:09 AM Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> > wrote: > >> Personally, I'd recommend staying away from any kind of hosting service >> - stick with a peer-to-peer system designed for privacy. >> >> One, really simple notion would be to simply use encrypted email, >> perhaps over a list server. It's a pain, but straightforward. It does, >> however expose group membership, in the form of email addresses. >> > > > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. Yogi Berra > > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > compa...@stanford.edu. > -- -- Lina Srivastava -- twitter <http://twitter.com/lksriv> | linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lina.srivastava> | instagram <http://instagram.com/lksriv/> www.linasrivastava.com www.regardinghumanity.org www.whoisdayanicristal.com -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Need some advice re: online secure communications platform for a survivors group
Dear Griffin, Thank you very much! I will pass this information along. Best regards, Lina > Hi Lina, > >While the content isn't encrypted for most of their apps, I would > recommend Sandstorm as a good hosted option for forums and other > collaborative apps. It's free for up to 5 apps (called "grains") and up > to 200MB storage. For more, it's $9 a month: https://sandstorm.io/ > >For encrypted communication, Ricochet.im is pretty great and doesn't > require a lot of work to set up. It has sane defaults (requires Tor to > run). > > best, > Griffin > > > Lina Srivastava wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> A new support group for survivors of campus sexual assault is looking >> for a secure online communications platform. The group is not one of >> my clients, nor am I a member of or advisor to the group -- I am >> passing this request along as a favor -- so I have relatively little >> information about membership numbers, etc. I do believe everyone who >> is in the group is located in the U.S. or Canada. And they are looking >> for high security levels, giving survivors the ability to seek support >> from other members and to collectively organize for changes to policy >> and legislation on rape and assault. They are hoping to have >> password-protected login, private messaging, group forums, file share, >> all encrypted. >> >> Do any of you have advice for an existing platform that would provide >> this that is relatively affordable? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Lina > > -- > Accept what you cannot change, and change what you cannot accept. > PGP: 0x03cf4a0ab3c79a63 > -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] Need some advice re: online secure communications platform for a survivors group
Hello all, A new support group for survivors of campus sexual assault is looking for a secure online communications platform. The group is not one of my clients, nor am I a member of or advisor to the group -- I am passing this request along as a favor -- so I have relatively little information about membership numbers, etc. I do believe everyone who is in the group is located in the U.S. or Canada. And they are looking for high security levels, giving survivors the ability to seek support from other members and to collectively organize for changes to policy and legislation on rape and assault. They are hoping to have password-protected login, private messaging, group forums, file share, all encrypted. Do any of you have advice for an existing platform that would provide this that is relatively affordable? Thanks in advance, Lina -- -- Lina Srivastava -- twitter <http://twitter.com/lksriv> | linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lina.srivastava> | instagram <http://instagram.com/lksriv/> www.linasrivastava.com www.regardinghumanity.org www.whoisdayanicristal.com -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Ebola: A Big Data Disaster
Hi all -- Is there a protocol to adding someone from off the list to a discussion thread here? This study is fascinating and I mentioned it to a friend who co-founded Flowminder, and I think he'd love to discuss. Lina On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Sean McDonald <seanmartinmcdon...@gmail.com > wrote: > I'm excited to present some new research: "Ebola: A Big Data Disaster > <http://cis-india.org/papers/ebola-a-big-data-disaster>," published by > the Center for Internet & Society (with support from the Media Democracy > Fund). It's a look at the way that technology was used during the Ebola > response - with a focus on Call Detail Records, the experimental nature of > data modeling in humanitarian response, and how that likely violates West > Africa's well-developed (but under-implemented) data laws. > > My hope is that it will kick off a larger discussion about the risks > (legal and operational) of digitizing humanitarian response - especially > when it involves the use of large scale, sensitive data like CDRs (all > anonymization and re-identification caveats apply). As practice stands, > international organizations are likely putting themselves and the people > they help at considerable risk, in violation of human rights law, data > protection law, local regulation, and potentially commercial property law > (among other theories of litigation). > > This case study focuses on Liberia, which didn't turn over CDR access - > but many of the same operational considerations and laws apply in Sierra > Leone and Guinea, where several mobile network operators did. > > I'd love any thoughts, connections to people working on these issues, or > critical feedback. > > Best, > Sean > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > compa...@stanford.edu. > -- -- Lina Srivastava -- twitter <http://twitter.com/lksriv> | linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lina.srivastava> | instagram <http://instagram.com/lksriv/> www.linasrivastava.com www.regardinghumanity.org www.whoisdayanicristal.com -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Looking for: ICT/telecom expertise in country in Nepal
You might already know about Kathmandu Living Labs, but if not, they might be able to help: http://kathmandulivinglabs.org/ On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: From: Nick Ashton-Hart nash...@consensus.pro via bestb...@lists.bestbits.net If you, or someone you know, has hands-on ICTs and especially telecom infrastructure experience and is presently in Nepal can you let me know offlist? I'm trying to help emergency teams in country gain access to in-country expertise. Regards, Nick -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Looking for: ICT/telecom expertise in country in Nepal
Also, Flowminder.org was in Nepal last week to set up a mobile / disaster response system there which will be fully operational this summer, and have contracts in place and the system underway, but in the meantime are working to see if they can do ad-hoc work now. Let me know if you want a contact there. On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Peter Micek pe...@accessnow.org wrote: The Swedish-Finnish telco TeliaSonera operates in Nepal and is engaged in relief efforts, offering 50 free SMS and some free calling. I'll paste their email below, and find their latest alert here: http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2015/update-on-the-earthquake-i-nepal Peter Update on TeliaSonera’s operations in Nepal following earthquake *TeliaSonera's majority owned company in Nepal, Ncell, is working around the clock to help and support its employees and partners after the major earthquake which hit Nepal this weekend. As of now there are no reports of any of the 515 employees being injured. Ncell also continues its work to keep the mobile network in the country running to facilitate for the rescue operations ongoing.* The highest priority is and has been to locate all employees and to give them the best possible support in their very difficult personal situations. Ncell has of this morning been able to establish the whereabouts of all its employees. On early Monday morning, TeliaSonera sent an aircraft to Nepal with tents, water cleaning facilities and medical supplies to help stabilize and improve working conditions for Ncell's employees in order to secure the operations. Most of Ncell's mobile network in Nepal is working, although overloaded with several hundred sites having power supply problems. This leads to congested networks and Ncell therefore urges everyone to communicate by SMS in order to minimize the strain of the network. Ncell's crisis management team has secured support from suppliers and maintenance teams are trying to restart as many sites as possible. Right now, it is not possible to assess the damages and costs related to the earthquake. To ensure that Ncell’s customers can communicate with families and friends, Ncell has credited SIM cards with an amount sufficient to make necessary calls. Ncell also provides customers with 50 free SMS, as a first action. Calls and SMS between most of TeliaSonera' European operations and Nepal are free of charge, but due to the damage to the network, Ncell has made the judgment that it is not possible to enable free calls in Nepal as it would put additional strain to the network and risk the ongoing rescue operations. This is constantly reviewed. For more information on Ncell and the earthquake please read articles on TeliaSonera.com/newsroom http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/. *For more information, please contact the TeliaSonera press office +46 771 77 58 30,** pr...@teliasonera.com pr...@teliasonera.com, **visit our** Newsroom http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/ **or follow us on Twitter **@TeliaSoneraAB https://twitter.com/TeliaSoneraAB**.* On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Lina Srivastava l...@linasrivastava.com wrote: You might already know about Kathmandu Living Labs, but if not, they might be able to help: http://kathmandulivinglabs.org/ On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: From: Nick Ashton-Hart nash...@consensus.pro via bestb...@lists.bestbits.net If you, or someone you know, has hands-on ICTs and especially telecom infrastructure experience and is presently in Nepal can you let me know offlist? I'm trying to help emergency teams in country gain access to in-country expertise. Regards, Nick -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. -- Peter Micek Senior Policy Counsel Access | accessnow.org http://www.accessnow.org | rightscon.org tel: +1-888-414-0100 x709 Skype: peter-r-m Fingerprint: 6CFE 8E9F ED8E 66B8 BE38 EA59 002C EEF5 A5BD 70B0 *Join the Access team - *we're hiring https://www.accessnow.org/about/jobs! -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator
[liberationtech] Information request
Hi all-- Can someone point me to any apps for citizen reporting on human rights abuses or illegal action that provide a layer of security for the poster but set forth documentation that can be tagged or geo-tagged (with a specific aim at citizen / civ soc action). Does this exist? Thanks, Lina -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Information request
Thanks! By Benetech? That's still in development, yes? On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Nariman Gharib nariman...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. I'm suggesting Martus' to you. N On Feb 5, 2015, at 18:43, Lina Srivastava l...@linasrivastava.com wrote: Hi all-- Can someone point me to any apps for citizen reporting on human rights abuses or illegal action that provide a layer of security for the poster but set forth documentation that can be tagged or geo-tagged (with a specific aim at citizen / civ soc action). Does this exist? Thanks, Lina -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] Looking for discussants on emerging technology and urban resilence
Hi all, Writing on behalf of a colleague, Linda Raftree, who is looking for potential local discussants to invite to meetings in Buenos Aires, Seoul, Dublin, and Nairobi to talk about emerging/futuristic technologies (3D printers, wearables, drones, data vizualizations, etc.) and their potential uses (and drawbacks) for supporting urban resiliency. Here's the link to the events: http://tech4resilience.blogspot.com/ Probably the best way to contact her is through her Twitter account -- @meowtree http://twitter.com/meowtree Thanks, Lina -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Wanted: Top-notch filmmaker for TED-prize project
I have many recommendations for you, Oliver. Want to drop me a line off-list? On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: From: Oliver Courtney olivernmcourt...@gmail.com We at Global Witness are looking for a top notch film-maker to help us make founder Charmian Gooch's campaign to end anonymous company ownership catch fire in the public imagination, especially in the US. Charmian's TED Prize wish this year was to nail this issue, which is not that visible but lies at the heart of tons of other thorny issues like money laundering, tax evasion, trafficking, grand corruption etc. We have some good stories to tell on this issue, as the attached brief sets out, and the films will be launched at TED Global so it's a great platform for the right filmmaker - but we need someone really great! So I'm canvassing for recommendations, ideally of people who can pick up a complete story and make it sing as well as those who like to do their own digging. From previous posts like this, I've got Richard Bolland on my list (http://www.richardbolland.com/), but any others would be very gratefully received. All best Oliver -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] Seed Grants for Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention
This might be of interest to some on this list. Lina -- Forwarded message -- From: *NPCC GGIS* g...@npccny.orgjavascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','g...@npccny.org'); Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 Subject: Seed Grants for Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention To: lina.srivast...@gmail.comjavascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','lina.srivast...@gmail.com'); [image: NPCC logo]http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EMWUSYBx3BhhhqZ5wJ3KM0oom71O3g1cFuxGZuvVzx-S1NQsw1TmGxHJ1cPi5tF9gBt_ADrH1_NVaAJu5j473mu3ZSlvT5_P-ebRMw1Ol3Xglb7c9ZWvoS2aILed4QXo0xXwEjbnB2u_vYyCWipYhRHVRKlHuzJKDy0mS5IZ0eY=c=bIRYW1ycv7ChZpDlMHTkpNsYp8p4LFpLaCR4k2vn4flpg6ostEC6Zw==ch=Rseb00WfNFz8GzxzwUFtpMxcc89YyTAYj-B4Rgnb7Y9ZJnAGDneJag== - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Government Grants Information Service Funding Alert* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Grant/Contract Name:* Seed Grants for Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention *Deadline: * March 10, 2014 *Funding Amount: *5 awards anticipated. Estimated Total Program Funding: $150,000; Award Ceiling: $50,000 *Eligibility: *qualified U.S. and non-U.S., nonprofit or for-profit non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and international organizations (PIO or IO). *Agency: *U.S. Agency for International Development *Grant ID: *RFA-OAA-14-61 *CFDA#: *98.001 *Summary: *Over the past year, USAID and Humanity United have jointly administered the Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention, a prize contest that sought innovative ideas for applying technology to five specific issues related to atrocity prevention. Discrete problems focused on by the Tech Challenge included: how to identify and spotlight intentional or unintentional third party enablers of atrocities; how to better model or forecast the likelihood of atrocity events; how to safely document and transmit evidence of atrocities; how to enable secure communication among and between at-risk communities; and how to better obtain and verify information in hard-to-access areas. The Tech Challenge utilized three different solver platforms (OpenIDEO, InnoCentive and TopCoder) to conduct each of the separate component challenges. Four of the five component challenges were ideation challenges, meaning they solicited ideas rather than prototypes, while one of the challenges sought and tested algorithms. External judges selected the winners for all of the contests. Cash prizes were disbursed to the winners of four of the five challenges via the platforms, usually for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners, while the fifth challenge's platform advised against monetary awards for winners. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching a Seed Grants Program to provide support for implementation of innovative technology applications for broader atrocity prevention or response efforts. *Link: * http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=250855http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EMWUSYBx3BhhhqZ5wJ3KM0oom71O3g1cFuxGZuvVzx-S1NQsw1TmG2hA-dBuxJ431xRChN7qy-6dgL_W9hj4tXqib6n4jILn5fKxhwrY1a2ctr3ZVtzRH73c50CR9ZWIn7uxP1FYDb3xQ5CGPv6tse0KbSCCL6vU007_ncYkGJBF8TjJI4gBtxfsHPg0WYm_bmdQIvipuXExYwmoym-YW2YiZD_dK0ZqJshafZjcOYg_KpTfeILWMQ==c=bIRYW1ycv7ChZpDlMHTkpNsYp8p4LFpLaCR4k2vn4flpg6ostEC6Zw==ch=Rseb00WfNFz8GzxzwUFtpMxcc89YyTAYj-B4Rgnb7Y9ZJnAGDneJag== http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=unm=001B0eMsXdjRo76QnxyEAmu8Q%3D%3Dch=d3359130-1d4c-11e3-874d-d4ae5292c973ca=306d728e-1c4f-42fe-ba1b-79baa8cde3e7 http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=news01 This email was sent to lina.srivast...@gmail.com by g...@npccny.org | Update Profile/Email Addresshttp://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oom=001B0eMsXdjRo76QnxyEAmu8Q%3D%3Dch=d3359130-1d4c-11e3-874d-d4ae5292c973ca=306d728e-1c4f-42fe-ba1b-79baa8cde3e7 | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribehttp://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=unm=001B0eMsXdjRo76QnxyEAmu8Q%3D%3Dch=d3359130-1d4c-11e3-874d-d4ae5292c973ca=306d728e-1c4f-42fe-ba1b-79baa8cde3e7(tm) | Privacy Policy http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp. Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York | 135 West 36th Street, 15th Floor | New York | NY | 10018-7173 -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] settings?
Yosem-- I don't know about others, but my libtech emails are starting to end up in my spam filter, saying that others have been marking them as spam -- I didn't mark them as such. Just fyi that some subscribers might be missing conversations. Lina -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] settings?
Never happened to me before on this particular list and I've been on it for a few years. On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:49 PM, coderman coder...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Lina Srivastava l...@linasrivastava.com wrote: ... I don't know about others, but my libtech emails are starting to end up in my spam filter, saying that others have been marking them as spam -- I didn't mark them as such. Just fyi that some subscribers might be missing conversations. this is par for the mailing list course. it happens with some infrequency on nearly all lists with decent traffic. if you're not checking your spam trap occasionally, you're doing it wrong! -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets
There's enough heroism to go around. To get a story of this magnitude out requires courage from both sources and journalists. And safety is in no way guaranteed for anyone involved. Plenty of journalists have lost their lives in the course of their job, but the truth is that courage is truly contagious -- journalists know this and hope that follow-on coverage will help protect them from retribution. Silence in the face of wrongdoing is corrosive. It will eat you alive if you let it. =/ Thanks for that. Griffin. Just putting a good word in for documentary filmmakers and investigative journalists who also put their lives on the line, to shape, frame, and communicate these stories and set a stage for activists to do their end of the job. I work with a number of them who don't think of themselves as heroes, but are just driven to do this work through a sense of social justice. Lina On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 6:19 PM, LilBambi lilba...@gmail.com wrote: --snip-- There's enough heroism to go around. To get a story of this magnitude out requires courage from both sources and journalists. And safety is in no way guaranteed for anyone involved. Plenty of journalists have lost their lives in the course of their job, but the truth is that courage is truly contagious -- journalists know this and hope that follow-on coverage will help protect them from retribution. Silence in the face of wrongdoing is corrosive. It will eat you alive if you let it. =/ --snip-- You got that right! On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Griffin Boyce griffinbo...@gmail.com wrote: Tom O wrote: So it's now become about the heroism of the journalists and not Snowden and mass govt surveillance. Right. There's enough heroism to go around. To get a story of this magnitude out requires courage from both sources and journalists. And safety is in no way guaranteed for anyone involved. Plenty of journalists have lost their lives in the course of their job, but the truth is that courage is truly contagious -- journalists know this and hope that follow-on coverage will help protect them from retribution. Silence in the face of wrongdoing is corrosive. It will eat you alive if you let it. =/ ~Griffin -- Cypherpunks write code not flame wars. --Jurre van Bergen #Foucault / PGP: 0xAE792C97 / OTR: sa...@jabber.ccc.de My posts, while frequently amusing, are not representative of the thoughts of my employer. -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter | linkedin -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Does anyone know a celebrity who feels strongly about privacy issues?
So not sure this is taking the discussion in a direction useful to this list, but a thought-- celebrities are not likely to be available to do something like this -- i.e., a series of readings on youtube videos -- unless the videos were connected to a high-profile campaign, a film/documentary, or run by an organization that they are connected to or doing a favor for (and the favor is usually done through a celebrity that's a friend or their management. And the negotiation of a campaign that incorporates a celebrtiy is complicated and time-consuming, and once done, is difficult to manage. It's not impossible and it's not that celebrities (John Cusack was a great suggestion, by the way) wouldn't be interested in the issue, it's just that it may not be worth the time you'd spend in trying to attract someone. Having said that, if anyone ever did want to attract a celebrity to a high-profile cause, start by inquiring with CAA or the Global Philanthropy Group. Or if you want a simple retweet for profile, most celebrities are pretty obliging with that. Lina On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:52 AM, David Miller da...@deadpansincerity.comwrote: Maybe the celebrity could read the binary sequence of a compiled program, and the user could take dictation into a simple command line script? On 13 August 2013 10:37, Michael Rogers mich...@briarproject.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/08/13 21:32, Francisco Ruiz wrote: So, here's my question. Does any one know of a celebrity who cares enough about computer security to be persuaded to take one minute of his/her time to read a hash before a camera? I'd like to second Guido's objection that most people don't know what a hash is, or have the skills or software required to verify one, so this isn't an effective security measure for most people. Even if it were, you'd have to ask the celebrity to read a new hash for every version of the software, and the videos for old versions could be used in a rollback attack. Cheers, Michael -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSCf5oAAoJEBEET9GfxSfMUB4H/RTrYX1we2t1p9+TeXm21GV2 OWJkZvWLvfDmJqf/utJNoFH4wgLkDvziWrTCqGWbuDlPlmLzNTvGvIZio9i82cUT tja1bnmPr17BDz5Msn8d4/BFdjrV957e1S3P2Tqx8GGaZFAYCi5EX57Q7G2Lvphj 4NDkDOFEfwfQ38azsBNokdUXo5Ek98I2SXv2GG3ac8N1a2HBVpsHr3lqfsZLDTyS LrwM6dPCEWV+kd8+VsOjokKB8y7o9lUjLMmOvMtM4dC9bak8OoDy+fkxWkmMf48v KBRqsPN6rasEmDxGRDtLZN0CAzEMGcmndJDqMY4tV/v9IgnLRScaMJaz8Fsc8cY= =7Qy4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. -- Love regards etc David Miller http://www.deadpansincerity.com 07854 880 883 -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Terry Winograd and Evgeny Morozov
. And it is also why we are supportive of the efforts of people like Evgeny Morozov and others in journalism who seek to improve public discourse. On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Lucas Gonze lucas.go...@gmail.com wrote: I find Morozov's critique of silicon valley intellectual fads worthwhile. The thinking coming from famous bloggers and tech industry conferences is for the most part hype for the sake of commerce. Morozov's writing is to puncture that hype bubble. This is a valuable goal and he does it well. On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Soenke Zehle s.ze...@xmlab.org wrote: maybe EM's style is more like a 'firstism' (make it sound like you're the first to make a particular point, obscuring other more or less readily available forms of critique) EM: Let's get the Nazis out of the way first. There's a considerable body of serious scholarship looking at the technological thought of the Nazis. They had plenty of engineers and scientists and some had rather ambitious theoretical ambitions. (Not to mention that Carl Schmidt and Heidegger, whatever their relationship to Nazism, wrote about technology). Yes Heidegger wrote about technology. But that's one of the places where firstism just won't do - to read Heidegger and his philosophy of technology in 'solutionist' terms ends up discrediting the anti-solutionist project imo. Funny Foucault quote: 'For me, Heidegger has always been the essential philosopher. My whole philosophical development was determined by my reading of Heidegger.' Soenke 2013/7/2 Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes alps6...@gmail.com: On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 6:26 PM, x z xhzh...@gmail.com wrote: Morozov Well, to Morozov's credit, that's why philosophers prefer German, French, Spanish, etcetera, to English! :D Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato, Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes a...@acm.org +1 (817) 271-9619 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] NSA flag terms
Well, real men don't eat quiche, so that one makes sense. But Pixar? I'm definitely flagged. Is there a link to this somewhere? On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Joss Wright joss-liberationt...@pseudonymity.net wrote: On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 07:59:08AM -0700, Yosem Companys wrote: From: Khannea Suntzu khannea.sun...@gmail.com This is an (admittedly huge) list of words that supposedly cause the NSA to flag you as a potential terrorist if you over-use them in an email. You may want to peruse this entire list yourself, but here are some of our favourites that stick out: · dictionary · sweeping · ionosphere · military intelligence · Steve Case · Scully The ones that stick out more for me are: c, a, b, d, and the. Oh, and Badger. And Quiche. Joss -- Joss Wright | @JossWright http://www.pseudonymity.net -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Please Vote on Reply to Question
Reply to all. On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Katherine Maher katherine.ma...@gmail.comwrote: Reply to all. On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Enrique Piraces pira...@hrw.org wrote: Reply to all. Best, Enrique Piracés Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org https://www.twitter.com/epiraces On Mar 20, 2013, at 9:17 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: Dear Liberationtech list subscribers, Several of you have petitioned to change Liberationtech mailing list's default reply to option from reply-to-all to reply-to-poster. Given the debate (see links below), we have decided to put the issue up for a vote: - Do you want replies to Liberationtech list messages directed to reply-to-all or reply-to-poster? Please vote by submitting your preference to me by 11.59 pm PST on Sunday, March 24, 2013. Any votes received after this date and time will not be counted. Thanks, Yosem One of your moderators PS To read a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of reply-to-all, click on the corresponding links below: - Reply-to-all considered useful: http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/reply-to-useful.html - Reply-to-all considered harmful: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html If you'd like to read the entire debate on the Liberationtech list, please click on the links below: http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03767.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03768.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03769.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03771.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03772.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03773.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03774.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03775.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03776.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03777.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03778.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03779.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03780.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03781.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03782.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03783.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03788.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03789.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03790.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03791.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03799.html http://www.mail-archive.com/liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu/msg03801.html -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- *Katherine R. Maher* katherine.ma...@gmail.com @krmaher https://www.twitter.com/krmaher US: +1 203 858 7316 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] B-Corps
Peter-- Re: PRIs, yes L3Cs can accept PRIs -- one of the advantages. I think L3Cs are easier to set up than nonprofit corps/501c3s, but obviously don't have the same characteristics. Depends on whether you want grant funding or not. It's getting easier to manage and finance L3Cs, but they're still not in every state and people are still a bit wary, I think. Take a look here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2012/05/04/irs-rules-could-help-the-fledgling-l3c/ On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Peter Fein p...@wearpants.org wrote: Are L3C's a viable option? From a quick glance at http://www.lawforchange.org/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEWID=2305 , it seems they're lighter weight more flexible than a non-profit but still qualify as “program related investment” (ie, eligible for foundation support). My use case: I had looked at starting a 501c3 for an early-stage software project and was put off by the expense (a few $K), time (a few months) and volume of paperwork - seemed like rather a lot of startup overhead for something that may not go anywhere. Around the same time, I incorporated (S-corp) for another project, and was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was. On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Lina Srivastava l...@linasrivastava.comwrote: Are you talking about a B-Corp or a Benefit Corp? The first is a certification, the second is a legal structure. Before deciding, you might want to take a look at this archived chat about the benefits of B-Corps vs. L3Cs (another possible structure): (Terrible structure to get through, but good info.): http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/nonprofit-for-profit-l3c-b-corp-ho-22806/ This is a pretty good site too: http://www.lawforchange.org/lfc/default.asp Lina On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.eduwrote: I wrote a piece a few months ago on the benefits of cooperatives for liberationtech entrepreneurs: http://liberationtech.tumblr.com/post/28442687690/how-cooperatives-could-fix-social-medias-net But I excluded the b corp from that analysis. Yosem On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Andrew Haeg aoh...@gmail.com wrote: I'm considering applying for B-Corp status once I get GroundTruth up and running. Very curious to learn more -- such as: is it essentially just a way to distinguish your co. from other, non-benefit corps? On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: Rafael made me curious... Anyone in liberationtech used this legal status before? Perhaps Renee can tell us more about it? YC From: Rafael Shimunov r.shimu...@gmail.com Any folks out there working for a b-corp? Or ever considered it? I'm currently researching it for a social enterprise startup. http://www.bcorporation.net/ Best, Rafael -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] B-Corps
Are you talking about a B-Corp or a Benefit Corp? The first is a certification, the second is a legal structure. Before deciding, you might want to take a look at this archived chat about the benefits of B-Corps vs. L3Cs (another possible structure): (Terrible structure to get through, but good info.): http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/nonprofit-for-profit-l3c-b-corp-ho-22806/ This is a pretty good site too: http://www.lawforchange.org/lfc/default.asp Lina On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.eduwrote: I wrote a piece a few months ago on the benefits of cooperatives for liberationtech entrepreneurs: http://liberationtech.tumblr.com/post/28442687690/how-cooperatives-could-fix-social-medias-net But I excluded the b corp from that analysis. Yosem On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Andrew Haeg aoh...@gmail.com wrote: I'm considering applying for B-Corp status once I get GroundTruth up and running. Very curious to learn more -- such as: is it essentially just a way to distinguish your co. from other, non-benefit corps? On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: Rafael made me curious... Anyone in liberationtech used this legal status before? Perhaps Renee can tell us more about it? YC From: Rafael Shimunov r.shimu...@gmail.com Any folks out there working for a b-corp? Or ever considered it? I'm currently researching it for a social enterprise startup. http://www.bcorporation.net/ Best, Rafael -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Obama Press Conference
Is the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Engagement going to revived in the second term? Is it working with Engage? If so, I think it might be an interesting connection for this list. But at any rate, I think the call for innovation would probably have to originate from this list and others like it. On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: Agreed. I meant if there was something specific in terms of a call for innovation, hackathons, and things of that sort. On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Doug Schuler doug...@publicsphereproject.org wrote: I'd like to think that liberationtech would include grassroots citizen efforts. -- Doug On Nov 9, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Yosem Companys wrote: Did anyone just watch the Obama press conference? CNN mentions that Obama is going to reach out to grassroots citizen efforts to help him solve US problems during his term. Does anyone know whether this extends to the use of liberationtech? Perhaps Micah has heard something to that effect? Thanks, Yosem -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Douglas Schuler doug...@publicsphereproject.org -- Public Sphere Project http://www.publicsphereproject.org/ Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (project) http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/ Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (book) http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2tid=11601 -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter | linkedin -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Good articles on the Pirate Party and Pirate Bay
Hi Biella and Morgan, I work with Jamie King, Director/Producer of Steal This Film, as organizational strategist for his company VODO.net. Though not exactly recent, you might like some of this writing/posts/links here: http://jamie.com/ and here: http://torrentfreak.com/author/jamie/ If you want to talk to him, let me know. Others: -- http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/09/avast-me-hearties-how-the-pirate-bay-changed-the-way-we-steal/ -- http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/15/fred-wilson-blacklist-piracy-sopa/ -- http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040context=pilrsei-redir=1referer=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fscholar%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26q%3Drelated%3At8Het7tKD1IJ%3Ascholar.google.com%2F%26um%3D1%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DX%26ei%3DiJglUPbDKobL6wGPv4HIDQ%26ved%3D0CGAQzwIwAg#search=%22related%3At8Het7tKD1IJ%3Ascholar.google.com%2F%22 -- http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/PDFs/german_pirate_party.pdf (It's a corporate white paper, but not too bad-- limited to Germany) -- http://www.cardozoaelj.com/2012/02/13/the-pirate-party/ Lina On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Morgan Marquis-Boire morgan.marquisbo...@gmail.com wrote: I enjoyed the following movie(s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_This_Film *Part One*, shot in Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden and released in August 2006, combines accounts from prominent players in the Swedish piracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-copyright culture (The Pirate Bay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay,Piratbyrånhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piratbyr%C3%A5n, and the Pirate Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_(Sweden)) with found material, propaganda-like slogans and Vox Popshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_populi . It includes interviews with The Pirate Bay members Fredrik Neijhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik_Neij (tiamo), Gottfrid Svartholmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfrid_Svartholm (anakata) and Peter Sunde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sunde (brokep) that were later re-used by agreement in the documentary film *Good Copy Bad Copy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Copy_Bad_Copy*, as well as with Piratbyrån members Rasmus Fleischerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Fleischer (rsms), Johan (krignell) and Sara Andersson (fraux). On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.eduwrote: From: Gabriella Coleman gabriella.cole...@mcgill.ca Hi all, Can folks recommend articles on the Pirate Party and the Pirate Bay) they find compelling or provocative? Thanks, Biella ___ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click yes (once you click above) next to would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech -- Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them ___ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click yes (once you click above) next to would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava ___ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click yes (once you click above) next to would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate
[liberationtech] Conversation on Critical Thought TV on Transmedia Activism
Hello-- This may be of interest to some on this list. It's the full playlist of a conversation I had with Critical Thought TV on narrative design for social change and transmedia activism. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB2EF941CCFB42EC9feature=plcp Thanks, Lina -- Lina Srivastava -- linasrivastava.com | twitter http://twitter.com/lksriv | linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/linasrivastava ___ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click yes (once you click above) next to would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech
